Definition of purl

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Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band..

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Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist..
Purl :: Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook..
Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Spurling-line :: Spurling (n.) A tern.
Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood..
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till..
Purl :: Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions..
Purlin :: Purlin (n.) Alt. of Purlin.
Pourlieu :: Pourlieu (n.) See Purlieu.
Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..
Purloin :: Purloin (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
Cabbage :: Cabbage (n.) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..
Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..
Purl :: Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
Purloined :: Purloined (imp. & p. p.) of Purloi.
Purl :: Purl (n.) A tern.
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